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A Hoard of bronze coins from the age of Mithradates VI from Vyshesteblievskaya 3 Settlement on the Taman Peninsula
 
PIIS032103910013940-7-1
DOI10.31857/S032103910013940-7
Publication type Article
Status Published
Authors
Mikhail G. Abramzon 
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, RAS
Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Dmitry Karpov
Affiliation: Center for the Restoration and Conservation of Monuments
Address: Russian Federation, Saratov
Andrey Kolesnikov
Affiliation: Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Journal nameVestnik drevnei istorii
EditionVolume 82 Issue 1
Pages150-161
Abstract

During the excavations at Vyshesteblievskaya 3 Settlement (the Taman peninsula) in 2018, a small hoard of bronze coins from the age of Mithridates VI was found. It consisted of 18 anonymous Bosporan obols, and tetrachalkoi of Phanagoria (1), Amisus (1), and Sinope (3). The authors argue that the assemblage must have been the purse of a mercenary who served in one of the royal garrisons stationed in the chora to protect grain-producing areas. This rare find of a purse with copper Bosporan and Pontic large-denomination coins provides important new evidence on the monetary circulation in the Bosporus and the historical context of the age of the Mithridatic Wars.

KeywordsCimmerian Bosporus, Mithradates VI Eupator, coin hoards, currency, mercenary’s salary
AcknowledgmentRFBR, project number 20-09-00014 А.
Received25.03.2022
Publication date28.03.2022
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